Sunday, November 12, 2017

Weekend Went Way Too Fast!

I can hardly believe it is Sunday night already.  We had a very adventurous weekend, and I am glad everybody is back at home safe and sound.

To start off, this was the weekend of the annual Jr. high retreat for Megan's youth group at church.  The group travels to a Christian retreat center in the middle of Iowa for the weekend, and they have a great time! The kids leave on Friday and come back on Sunday. Last year, we took our camper up on Thursday, and we camped in a local state park.  On Friday, we took Megan to the retreat center to meet up with church and we came back on Sunday and got her.

This year, the retreat was in November instead of early October, and our camper was already winterized. It was also just a tad bit too chilly to go camping.  Megan did not really want to ride the bus again, so we had to figure out how we were going to get it to all work out.  Courtney had a basketball game on Saturday, so we couldn't make it a family weekend again. 

Our first thought was that we could get the two grandmas to watch the children, and then Matt and I could take Megan to the camp and spend the weekend together. That plan didn't work out, so then Matt decided to take Christian off by himself, and I would stay home with Courtney and Micah.  Matt and Christian rarely get time together, so we thought this would be fun. This is exactly what we did!

Matt, Megan, Christian, and one of Megan's friends left from church Friday around 4:15 PM and they arrived at the retreat center about 7:45 PM.  After dropping the two girls off, they made their way to Fort Dodge, IA, where Matt had reserved a hotel room.  They spent Friday night there and then had all kinds of fun on Saturday. They went hiking at some state parks, went bowling, watched movies, etc.  They stayed again Saturday night, and then went back to the retreat center today around noon to pick the girls back up.  They arrived home about 3:30 PM this afternoon. It sounds like everyone had a great time!

Meanwhile back at the home front, I realized how quiet my house is without two kids! These are the two kids who fight the most too. :(  I also realized that Christian is always talking or singing, so that was another reason the house was so quiet.  On Friday, we went and visited my mom and dad and on Saturday, I took Courtney shopping, we went to a birthday party, and she played her basketball game (they won by 19 points! Courtney made 6 of them).  We had church this morning, and then we went out for lunch. We also had a good time together!

Now it is Sunday night, and the kids are all tucked back in their own beds! I have to get my mind set for a full day of school tomorrow! Back to reality!

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